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Sherburne County Minnesota |
Obituaries and Death Notices
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Sherburne County Minnesota |
Elijah Clark
The Princeton Union (Princeton, MN) Thursday, March 30, 1905; submitted by Jim Dezotell
Old Settler Dies
Elijah Clark, an Early Mainite Pioneer, Dies From Paralytic Stroke Monday
Was One of the Early Settlers on Battle Brook and Came to Minnesota in 1859
Elijah Clark, one of the old settlers of Princeton and this section, died at his home on the north side of the river on last Monday morning at seven-thirty o’clock, death resulting from a paralytic stroke which he received last Friday. After suffering the stroke he went to bed and never left it. The funeral was held on Tuesday afternoon at the home of deceased, Rev. Swinnerton officiating. Interment was in
Oak Knoll cemetery, where a father and a brother are buried.
Elijah Clark was born in the town of Canaan, county of Summerset, Maine, in the year 1827. When a lad he worked on the farm and after he grew up he took his father’s farm and ran it some time when he decided to move west and in 1859 he settled in Minnesota.
He settled on a claim on Battle Brook near the old Love place, later moving to Blue Hill beyond the Wheeler farm, and after that he located on a farm in Santiago near the Pratt place. Sometime ago he sold his farm and came to Princeton to live with his sister Delia. He was seventy-seven years old on the sixteenth day of last October. Mr. Clark was a single man and always bore an excellent reputation and it was said of him that he never had an enemy. He is survived by three brothers, John, Henry and Samuel, and three sisters, Elizabeth, Delia and Ruth. His brother John lives in Nebraska and his sister Ruth resides in Massachusetts.
Carrie M. Frederickson
"The Princeton Union", February 06, 1908 - KT - Sub by FoFG
Mrs. Frederickson Dies at Home of Her Daughter, Mrs. F. Peterson, After Long Illness.
Mrs. Carrie Magrete Frederickson died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Frank Peterson, in this village, on Friday, January 31, from heart failure superinduced by a paralytic stroke received sixteen months ago. Since sustaining this paralytic affliction Mrs. Frederickson had been cared for by her daughter, and not-withstanding her severe suffering, bore her burden with fortitude. She was a good christian woman, and beloved by those who had the pleasure of her acquaintance. The deceased was born in Denmark, July 9, 1823, and on January 3, 1852, was married to Hans Frederickson. With her husband she came to the United States in May, 1889, and located at Ridgeway, Pa., where the family remained one year. From Ridgeway the family moved to Santiago, Sherburne county, Minn., where a homestead was taken up, and upon this homestead Mrs. Frederickson lived until the death of her husband, September 12, 1906. She was then brought to the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Frank Peterson, in Princeton. Mrs. Frederickson was the mother of four daughters, three of whom survive her, viz., Mrs. Frank Peterson, Princeton; Mrs. Jas. Nelson, Idaho; Mrs. Peter Larson, Denmark. She also leaves six grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Funeral services were held at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Peterson at 3 o'clock on Friday afternoon, January 31. The services were conducted by Rev. Geo. A. Swertfager of the Congregational church. On the following day the remains were taken to the Danish cemetery at Santiago and there interred beside those of her husband. The floral offerings were profuse and among them were wreaths from the Pythian Sisters, Lady Maccabees and Rebeceahs.
Violeta Johnson
The Princeton Union (Princeton, MN) Thursday, June 14, 1902; submitted by Jim Dezotell
Blue Hill
Miss Violeta Johnson, sister of Edwin Johnson, died of old age at the home of her cousin, H. N. Johnson, Thornton, Iowa, June 3, aged 74 years and 10 months.
Kommillovitt
The Princeton Union (Princeton, MN) Friday, August 10, 1877; submitted by Jim Dezotell
A young man named Kommillovitt (no one knows how to spell the name correctly) fell from a tree near his home about seven miles from Big Lake, last Sun, and dislocated his spine. He was carried to the house and cared for, but lived only a few hours. He was sixteen or eighteen years of age and lived with his parents. - Monticello Times
Michael Lynch
The Princeton Union (Princeton, MN) Thursday, March 30, 1905; submitted by Jim Dezotell
Michael Lynch, a Glendorago Pioneer, Dies at His Home in that Town Recently.
Death of Glendorado Pioneer
Michael Lynch one of the old settlers of the town of Glendorado, Benton county, died at his home in that town on March 18th, aged eighty-three years. He was one of the best known men in the county.
Michael Lynch Sr., was born in the county of Connaught, Ireland, in 1822 and in 1850, at the age of twenty-eight, he and his family emigrated to America, first settling in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. After a seven year’s residence on Canadian soil Mr.
Lynch moved to the United States and took up residence at Portland, Maine. He resided at Portland until the close of the Civil war, when he came west and located at St. Paul.
In 1870 he went to Clear Lake and in 1880 took a homestead in the town of Glendorado, Benton county, where he resided continually until his demise.
Mrs. P. F. Malm
The Princeton Union (Princeton, MN) Thursday, March 16, 1905; submitted by Jim Dezotell
Zimmerman
Mrs. P. F. Malm died last Friday morning at one o’clock at her home in Zimmerman. She had been in poor health for some time. The cause of her death was pneumonia and heart trouble. The funeral was held Saturday forenoon at 9:30 at the house, Rev. Swinnerton
of Princeton officiating, and the remains were taken to Minneapolis her former home, for burial. Mrs. Malm leaves a husband and ten children to mourn her loss. The children are all grown up and one son, E. C. Malm and a daughter Mrs. C. J. Johnson, live near
town. Not all of the children could be present at the funeral on account of living too far away. Mrs. Malm was seventy-three years of age and came to Minnesota in 1869. She and her husband celebrated their golden wedding anniversary last year. She was a beloved wife and mother and the husband and children have the sympathy of all in their sad bereavement.
Edward Mortimer
The Princeton Union (Princeton, MN) Friday, August 10, 1877; submitted by Jim Dezotell
Died – In Santiago, Sherburne county, on the 4th inst., after an illness of three hours, Edward Mortimer, son of John M. and Mary
Beersley, aged one year and nine months. Edward was a bright active child, and has gone to dwell with him who has said, “suffer little
children to come unto me and forbid them not for of such is the kingdom of heaven.”
